Hospital Universitario La Paz | Spain
Dr. Beatriz Barquiel Alcalá is a physician-scientist specializing in endocrinology and nutrition, with a clinical appointment since 2010 at Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid. She holds a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada (2005) and completed further training under RD 99/2011 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2012. Over her career she has published widely on diabetes and pregnancy, gestational and pregestational diabetes, maternal weight gain, and metabolic outcomes, including contributions as corresponding author. Her work spans over 30 scientific articles (e.g. on glycemic control, gestational weight gain, twin versus singleton pregnancies, neonatal outcomes, continuous glucose monitoring) as well as book chapters on hypertensive disorders, exercise in gestational diabetes, and obesity in pregnancy. She has led or participated in multiple funded projects—among them randomized trials and studies on biomarker validation, dietary interventions in pregnancy, and predictors of glycemic control. She also undertook a research stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering (USA) in 2009–2010. Her research interests lie at the intersection of maternal–fetal medicine, diabetes, metabolic programming, and endocrinology innovations.
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Featured Publications
Aguilera-García, I., Barquiel-Alcalá, B., Vázquez-Pérez, P., Prados-Sánchez, M.C., & González-Pérez de Villar, N. (2025). Time to change guidelines? Suboptimal glycemic control measures by CGM associated with cystic fibrosis exacerbations despite adequate HbA1c. Acta Diabetológica.
Borrego Soriano, I., Barquiel-Alcalá, B., Moreno-Domínguez, O., Qasem Moreno, A.L., García-Pérez de Sevilla, E., & González-Pérez de Villar, N. (2025). Screening system for the detection of unknown or poorly controlled diabetes mellitus in a tertiary hospital: A retrospective study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
Quirós, C., Herrera, M.T., Amigó, J., Perea, V., Barquiel, B., et al. (2024). Real-world evidence of off-label use of commercially automated insulin delivery systems compared to multiple daily insulin injections in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.
Barquiel, B. (AC), Calvo, M., Moreno-Domínguez, O., Bartha, J.L., et al. (2023). The PREDG study: A randomised controlled trial testing whether an educational intervention can prevent gestational weight gain in women with obesity. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN.
García-Moreno, C., Benítez-Valderrama, P., Barquiel, B., González-Pérez de Villar, N., Hillman, N., Lora Pablos, A., & Herranz, L. (2022). Efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring on maternal and neonatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Diabetic Medicine.